Heifer is the term for young female bovines… though generally, those about to have their first calves. The girls we worked with today are just itty bitty heifers, about ten months old. They received their bangs vaccination today. I’ve gone into that in more detail other times, just type in bangs in my search bar,…
Sort
Heifers go in. Steers go by. The calves were gathered from one place and trailed home to the corrals where we sorted them. This is the beginning of their separate lives… They both need to grow and gain weight, but for, obviously, different reasons. We weighed the steers in groups, averaging their weight. This helps…
A Little Cow Work
We prepped the heifers for calving season… Daniel, Brandon, and Tessia had it all well in hand. I was charged with making a replacement ear tag… and by the time I got back, there were only a few left to do… I’m not too worried… the next couple of weeks will be full of cow…
What Do Ranchers Really Do?
You may think that every day on the ranch is … what? full of work, romantic, meaningful, fulfilling? Well, sometimes we’re just like everyone else, running to the store and going to doctor’s appointments! The boys, of course, handled that fulfilling job of checking the water in the badlands, while Vernon and I blasted to…
#TBT: Book Discussion
Well, this doesn’t really qualify… but I’m leading a book discussion on January 15. The book is First White Woman in the Big Horn Basin by Paul Frison. Imagine being a lady’s maid in 1883, traveling to the Far Western Wilds of Wyoming, falling in love with a cowboy… marrying him, then living the rough…
Wordless Wednesday : “They Were Tough”
They Were Tough
Badlands Snow
I rode with the guys on their rotation day to open water for the cows in the badlands pasture. We take turn with other ranchers in the allotment. Wyoming was hit with intense cold and a blizzard the day before, so this trip could be interesting. The little two track road was often drifted in,…
Happy New Year
From our family to yours… Happy New Year! And Happy New Year’s Birthday to Vernon! How blessed we are!
Storm’s Coming… and a New Year, Too
While the guys take care of the livestock, all I have to do is check on the chickens… Some fodder, some water, and some grains and scraps to peck at, what more can a chicken want? Well, since the high is supposed to be only 7˚, with wind chill of below zero… maybe… a heat…
Lost
She was lost. Stranded in Brandon’s three sided hay shed, this hen had made a home. Ignored by Brandon when he fed the bulls… chickens come and go in the corral… she had made a nest behind the bales. Once he had fed almost all the hay, she came squawking and fluttering from her hidey…
Chaos
When eight grandchildren, three or so dogs, and nine adults come to visit… my mudroom quickly becomes chaos. When I took this photo, I honestly didn’t notice the Coors Light box in the center of the room… and maybe that says something! I hope your holidays continue to be frantic, chaotic, and messy… because life…
#TBT : High Waters
My sister shared this with me today… Who’s that little cowgirl with THE MOST AWESOME RED COWBOY HAT? Hey, I like hats… but I must say, I prefer my custom hat from Greeley Hat Works MUCH BETTER than that red classic! We’re standing in front of my dad’s boat, the “Charlie Brown”. “Charlie” for my…